Nicosia International Airport

While the leaders of Greece, Cyprus and Israel confirmed once again in Nicosia their strategic choice to follow a common course on a number of issues and to promote cooperation in a series of sectors - leading with energy - diaspora organizations from the three countries organized a joint conference in Washington, during which they worked on joint actions aimed at securing the support of the Un

Greece's Foreign Ministry hit out Monday at the United Nations special envoy for the Cyprus issue, Espen Barth Eide, after taking umbrage at comments by the Norwegian which suggested that Nicosia and Athens had not accepted a proposal by Turkey that would have led to the gradual withdrawal of troops from the island.

UN Cyprus envoy Espen Barth Eide is set to visit the divided island on Monday, the government spokesman told Active Radio on Wednesday.

One day earlier, Greek Foreign Minister Nikos Kotzias said in Nicosia that Eide had not prepared satisfactory the failed UN-brokered Conference on Cyprus in Crans-Montana, Switzerland, earlier this month.

A note handed by a passenger to a flight attendant ahead of a flight to Nicosia from Istanbul sparked a bomb scare on May 24, Doğan News Agency has reported.

Cyprus formally apologized to Greece on Tuesday as it handed over the remains of 16 Greek commandos who were killed by "friendly fire" during Turkey's 1974 invasion of the island.

A U.N. envoy for the divided island of Cyprus said April 7 he expected stalled peace talks to resume "within weeks," following a six-month suspension in a row over offshore gas reserves.

By Alexandra Kassimi

Airlines are seeking to cover the gap left by Cyprus Airways? sudden shutdown last Friday, with Greece?s leading carrier Aegean Airlines making plans to increase its presence on the Eastern Mediterranean island.

Cyprus closed down its flag carrier Cyprus Airways on Friday after the European Commission ordered the struggling airline to pay back over 65 million euros in illegal state aid.

Capt. Adamos Marneros gazed with foreboding at the dots on the radar screen of his passenger jet as it prepared for landing on Cyprus.

It was before dawn on July 20, 1974, and the view of from his cockpit confirmed his suspicions: Turkish warships were approaching the Mediterranean island in an invasion triggered by a coup by Greek Cypriots aiming to unite with Greece.